What I learned this week.

never say you hit the bridge instead look at the bright side of it and say i was delivering this bridge and i ran out of fuel

 

Wow -- sounds like a tough week. Good thing you were alert enough to notice that bridge clearance -- the week could have been alot tougher!
I know they were annoyed that they had to stop traffic so you could turn around, but I'm sure they would rather do that than close both the road you were on and the road (or rail line) on the bridge because you hit it.

Oh, MrJuggalo9er -- I wouldn't try the 'delivering the bridge' line on Detroit cops. They are a pretty stressed out bunch and I'd hate to see one of them snap on you LOL!

 

Sanity's long gone... Just wanna make it home alive and in one piece.

 

or is that .... make it home alive and get a piece ?!!

 

Not only do older parts of cities have low bridges but low power lines and telephone lines, I have come close to almost pulling down a set of lines when they got wrapped around my exhaust pipes. I once had a flat top freightliner classic and I pulled a 45 ft flatbed, but the pipes were 13'6", One time I hit an unmarked bridge and the truck cleared but the stacks bent, after that I had them cut down so that I could get under just about anything

 

Power and cable lines are a killer for our guys who pedal the city, who have to go into a residential area for a delivery.

Most of the lines are taken care of with a height clearance. But, there is that one just waiting out there for them to snag.

 

I always hate it when a city or town forgets to trim their trees on truck routes I lost a Wilson 2000 antenna and mount to a tree once I got lucky it didn't take the mirror